This big dumb folder sports a big dumb toothy grin, thanks to its composite blade which is D2 on the cutting edge, welded to a spine of 14C28N.
This means that the cutting edge is a nice hard D2, but the part of it you’re going to be putting your grubby fingers all over is something more corrosion resistant.
I really like the pocket clip on this knife, which sports this distinctive bat wing design. It’s actually quite strongly curved against the handle of the knife, also, so the contact patch with your pocket is pretty large to keep it from getting lost, but the smooth rounded profile makes it easy to draw.
The pivot just rides on regular sintered bronze bushings and flips open pretty nicely, helped by the inertia of that massive blade, so no thumb stud is required. Curiously, unlike the similar but slightly smaller Kershaw Rake, the Junkyard Dog is not spring assisted.
I was always curious about these knives. When looking closer at the second picture, is that dirt/gunk in the grooves where they join? Not that I’m sure it matters, just interesting to see evidence of a genuine two piece composite blade like that.
No, that’s the joinery from the factory. I actually have two of these (three if you count my Kershaw Rake) and they all have that seam of bronze/copper/whatever it is between the two blade steels.
The junction is completely smooth. You can’t even feel it with your fingernail.
The bottom curve of the pocket clip not matching the curve of the back of the scale while the upper curve of the pocket clip matches the finger groove is driving me batty. 😆 🤪
Interesting that they had different weld patterns for this blade: https://bladereviews.com/kershaw-junkyard-dog-ii-review/
Yeah, there’s at least two that I know of. Mine is the older pattern.
